Meanings (ES + gloss)
estuco
A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
The intervals having been filled with stucco, after the manner described under that head, each is sprinkled with water, and well rubbed with the float until the surface becomes per…
The writer Juan Rulfo, whose 1955 novel, “Pedro Páramo,” still stands as the central monument of modern Mexican literature, grew up in Jalisco and vividly depicted its arid, sun-bl…
estucado
A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
A stone staircase ‘well furnished with stucco’ led to Dr. Delany’s panelled but otherwise undecorated library, Mrs. Delany’s boudoir or bedroom opening through an arched doorway on…
Many stuccos and paintings were also found on the mosaic floor of the presbyterium and choir; most of these are now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
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